This study examines how care is organised in North Macedonia and the challenges families face in meeting growing care needs. It highlights gaps in services, the heavy reliance on unpaid care, and the impact on women. Combining data and real-life experiences, it offers practical solutions to strengthen care systems and support more inclusive and sustainable development.

How can North Macedonia align its care systems with the European Care Strategy? This brief translates EU-level policies into national priorities, linking vital care reforms to gender equality, economic growth, and the EU accession process.

Commissioned by UN Women ECA, this comparative analysis examines how structural inequalities and gender norms shape mixed migration dynamics across Europe and Central Asia. Includes a full research report, an advocacy brief, and five subregional data profiles.

Explore Gender and Peace in the Balkans: Sites of Challenges and Hopes. Emerging from the 2025 Sarajevo conference, this publication bridges academic research and civil society practice to advance feminist, gender-responsive peacebuilding in the Western Balkans. Supported by UN Women, IOM, and UNFPA.

Read the latest Security Barometer by the South Caucasus Women Think Tank. Supported by UN Women, the Security Barometer offers a vital, gender-sensitive analysis of the peace processes, regional security threats, and the specific challenges facing women peacebuilders in the South Caucasus.

Explore UN Women and TURKSTAT's latest joint report, Women in Türkiye: A Statistical Overview 2025. Through official data and clear visualizations, discover vital comparative insights and long-term trends regarding education, employment, political participation, and safety.

This UN Women brief examines how gender and intergenerational inequalities shape perceptions of security, cooperation, and reconciliation across the region. Drawing on data analysis, desk research, and expert consultations, it highlights that although legal frameworks on gender equality are largely in place, implementation gaps persist. Women’s participation in political, economic, and security sectors remains uneven, and the experiences of youth, survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, and marginalized communities are often overlooked in peacebuilding processes.

Explore UN Women’s 2026–2029 Strategic Note for Europe and Central Asia. This multi-year roadmap outlines our strategy and targets for advancing women's economic empowerment, leadership, peace and security, and ending gender-based violence across the region.

Explore standardized UN Women, UNFPA, and UNDCO factsheets tracking critical gender-specific SDG indicators in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova across employment, unpaid care and domestic work, human rights and violence, power and decision-making, and population dynamics, offering decision-makers a concise summary for tracking progress on gender equality.

This UN Women analysis maps the situation of vulnerable groups of women in North Macedonia and the challenges they face in areas such as employment, health, education, and participation in decision-making. Drawing on research conducted across the country, the analysis provides evidence and recommendations to inform policies, advocacy, and programmes that promote gender equality and ensure that no woman or girl is left behind.

This analysis reviews how regional and local development policies in North Macedonia align with EU gender equality standards. It identifies gaps in national frameworks and offers practical recommendations to strengthen gender mainstreaming in preparation for managing EU Cohesion Policy funds and advancing inclusive regional development.

This analysis how gender perspectives are integrated into the Home Affairs sector in North Macedonia, particularly in areas related to organized crime, police reform, and border security. The publication identifies key gaps and provides recommendations to strengthen gender mainstreaming in policies and institutions, supporting the country’s efforts to align with EU gender equality standards during the accession process.

This practical guide supports trainers and institutions in delivering trainings on gender mainstreaming in the EU integration process, with a focus on the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). It provides tools, knowledge, and training methods to strengthen institutional capacity and ensure that gender equality is integrated into EU-funded programmes and policies in North Macedonia.

This training manual, developed by the UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office in collaboration with UN Women Headquarters, targets company representatives working on procurement, corporate sustainability and gender equality issues, as well as other stakeholders that engage in training for gender equality. The manual consists of interactive exercises, material for lectures and hand-outs for participants.

This document serves as hand-outs for participants, which they can refer to during and after the training. It also serves to support trainers using the Trainers’ Toolkit with data, background information and examples of companies implementing GRP. The handouts mirror the Trainers’ Toolkit in structure. Each of the nine modules in the Trainers’ Toolkit is complemented by a section in the hand-outs.

Reliable gender data are crucial for evidence-based decisions across policy, legislation, budgeting, and advocacy. This compilation showcases how UN Women (Women Count) –supported data—ranging from time-use surveys and violence against women surveys to rapid gender assessments—has driven real change across sectors and regions. These use cases demonstrate how solid evidence informs reforms, strengthens services, and advances gender equality, underscoring the importance of investing in and using gender data.

This practical guide supports civil society organizations in integrating gender equality into the work of Sector Working Groups and the EU accession process in North Macedonia. It offers tools and guidance to help CSOs monitor policies, advocate effectively, and ensure that gender equality remains a priority on the country’s path to EU membership.

This analysis examines how Roma integration policies in North Macedonia address gender equality, with a focus on the Strategy for Inclusion of Roma 2022–2030. It identifies gaps affecting Roma women and girls and provides concrete recommendations to better align national policies with EU gender equality standards and ensure more inclusive, gender-responsive Roma integration.

The Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group in Ukraine, co-chaired by UN Women, NGO Girls, and CARE Ukraine, reviewed the ongoing impact of foreign assistance cuts on women’s organizations. Building on a rapid impact assessment conducted in February 2025, the group’s January 2026 assessment highlights new risks, coping strategies, and how funding reductions affect service delivery, staffing, and organizational planning.

The report assesses the current state of women’s access to justice in the Europe and Central Asia region, identifying progress, persistent gaps, and emerging challenges, and provides strategic, evidence‑based recommendations to support national and regional policy and advocacy for gender‑responsive justice systems.